DEEP SKY OBJECTS

Scientists witness a black hole's point of no return for the first time ever

The event horizon of a black hole should be virtually impossible to study, yet an international team of researchers figured out a way.
Published: 12 hours ago  |  By Ankita Garkoti

Astronomers confirm long-held suspicion, find star-forming fuel in early universe

This discovery provides important insights into how the first galaxies in the early universe grew so massive.
Published: 1 day ago  |  By Biplab Das

ESA's Euclid took the most detailed photo ever of the Milky Way's core—and made a surprising discovery

Euclid captured more than 60 million stars, with nebulas and star clusters, and planets among them.
Published: 4 days ago  |  By Ankita Garkoti

Hubble sees starlight from a galaxy just 1.4 billion years after the Big Bang—what did it reveal?

Tightly clustered young stars in an ancient galaxy ionized the early universe's opaque gas.
Published: 4 days ago  |  By Biplab Das

NASA’s TESS mission finds two rare exoplanets with density like that of cotton candy

The two exoplanets, roughly the size of Jupiter, are located 1,113 light-years away from Earth.
Published: 4 days ago  |  By Pranjal Nath

NASA's James Webb cuts through dust to reveal 16.5 million never-before-seen stars in Cigar Galaxy

Prior observations of M82 were unable to peer through the haze. Here's what James Webb Space Telescope found.
Published: 6 days ago  |  By Ankita Garkoti

NASA's James Webb dates back comet 3I/ATLAS to 'cosmic noon,' raises questions about our solar system

The data obtained by Webb had two things that took researchers by surprise.
Published: 6 days ago  |  By Ankita Garkoti

The Milky Way's chaotic center has an island of calm gas that can spawn new stars, a study finds

The study provides clues to how the Sun was born about 4.5 billion years ago.
Published: 7 days ago  |  By Biplab Das

The Milky Way’s core is emitting mysterious gamma rays. Scientists think it could be linked to dark matter.

Currently there exist two explanations behind the mysterious signals. The study strengthened one.
Published: 7 days ago  |  By Ankita Garkoti

Supermassive black holes seen 'burping' years after devouring unlucky stars

Expelled stellar debris slams into gas, triggering the radio flares we see as 'burps.'
Published: Jun 22, 2026  |  By Biplab Das

One of the mysterious 'little red dots' has been identified as a 'black hole star'

"I think part of the scientific community is converging on a singular picture—that little red dots can be explained by black hole star models."
Published: Jun 19, 2026  |  By Biplab Das

Cosmic connections: NASA's Fermi spots first-ever evidence of a sibling supernova

Two stars that once lived together in the Jellyfish Nebula may have also died together.
Published: Jun 19, 2026  |  By Ankita Garkoti

Scientists trace 'ghost particle' event to distant galaxy trillions of times brighter than Sun

The galaxy, hidden behind thick layers of dust, is about 11 billion light-years away.
Published: Jun 19, 2026  |  By Biplab Das

Four generations of stars discovered in region near the center of the Milky Way

The region, called Terzan 5, was previously thought to contain two generations of stars.
Published: Jun 18, 2026  |  By Pranjal Nath

Scientists stunned by fireworks in nearby galaxy: 'Something unusual is going on in these objects'

NASA's Chandra telescope caught sources previously identified as supernova remnants displaying dramatic, completely unexpected variations in brightness.
Published: Jun 16, 2026  |  By Pranjal Nath

Astronomers have caught the first-ever glimpse of star-forming gas in early galaxies

Detecting cold, star-forming gas was difficult, and the findings will help understand galaxy growth.
Published: Jun 16, 2026  |  By Biplab Das

Oxford physicist says best clue to alien life may already be sitting on the Moon

Alien civilizations may have left traces. We just may not have been looking in the right place.
Published: Jun 16, 2026  |  By Ankita Garkoti

Why aliens probably aren't visiting Earth, even if they exist

Interstellar travel has near-insurmountable barriers, and that's why no alien has shown up yet.
Published: Jun 15, 2026  |  By Ankita Garkoti

A supernova remnant may have been found near the Milky Way's central supermassive black hole

Located around 26,000 light-years from Earth, the remnant is one of the closest to Sagittarius A*.
Published: Jun 15, 2026  |  By Pranjal Nath
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